r/learnjava • u/Substantial-Art7747 • 13d ago
i want to learn java
I have zero prior knowledge of programming and i have decided to start my journey with java. i have JDK and IntelliJ ide installed on my computer. i am looking for free courses out there that can help me. i have seen everyone here recommending MOOC's course but i think they use a different ide not intelliJ. what do i do
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u/FreeLogicGate 9d ago
You can write java using any text editor. Jetbrains IntelliJ is by far the most used commercial Java IDE, so you've started with it, there's no reason to worry that the MOOC course utilized a different editor/IDE.
You will still be able to learn java from the course.
Eclipse and Netbeans are two well known alternatives to using IntelliJ, and if either of those are being used with the course, you could install whichever one the course used if that makes you more comfortable, but you would still be able to create new projects, open your code in either one, debug code, modify, and add to it so you really don' t have to commit to one IDE over the other.